Burger selling aunt controlling North Korea's Kim Jong-un?

While North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is hogging international attention over threats to the US and South Korea, the person pulling his strings is a 66-year-old woman running downtown Pyongyang's only burger bar.

While North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is hogging international headlines over threats to the US and South Korea, the person pulling his strings is a 66-year-old woman running downtown Pyongyang's only burger bar.

Kim Kyong-hui, the Kim Jong-un's aunt, avoids the American word burger, serving 'minced meat and bread' at the restaurant which is reserved for the elite of a state where starvation is a constant threat, Daily Express reported.

Kim and her husband Jang Sung-taek are Kim Jong-un's closest advisers. They were chosen by his late father Kim Jong-il.

They are thought to be building the son's military reputation amid suspicions that some North Korean generals do not trust him.